Our File Cabinets Get a Facelift

Jeff and I had planned to create a shared office from what is now our dining room. With the kids gone we don't use it as a dining room anymore except for a couple of holidays each year. We are keeping the dining room table so we can still have those holidays. But we are adding some desks.

Jeff's office moved to a new location and were getting new office furniture so they were selling or giving away items. We took four file cabinets and two desk tops for $30. It took us a while but we finally got around to fixing them up. They were way too short to be table height so we needed to add legs. Well the distance we needed was 9 1/2". Those legs would be way too long so we decided to add a cubby to the top for some storage and legs at the bottom to split the difference.

Here is Jeff's side of the office space complete with the updated file cabinets and the desk top. What do you think? I think they turned out nice. I can't wait to get my side finished. It will be much prettier. I hope you will visit my blog for other great ideas.

I made my teenage son a desk like this. I managed to find 2 filing cabinets that had 2 file drawers and a small drawer at the top. They were the perfect desk height. For the top of the desk, I used an old solid wood door. I turned the hole from the door knob to the back and used it to put the computer cords through..... I love repurposing!!!! I am going to use your idea of putting legs on the filing cabinet to make a chair side table :)

Using two file cabinets, we found an old door and had a local air conditioning company bend a galvanized top to fit over it. It turned out quite nice and fits into our cottage theme perfectly. You can make your desk top as long as you like simply by making your feet opening as wide as you want between the two cabinets.